What to Expect at AI World 2018

Enterprise AI: from Innovation to Commercialization

AI World Conference and Expo is focused on the state of the practice of artificial intelligence in the enterprise. The 3-day conference and exposition are designed for business and technology executives who want to learn about innovative implementations
of AI in the enterprise through case studies and peer networking.

Enterprise organizations face conflicting priorities. Where do they turn to cut through the hype and determine how to prioritize AI technologies for their business? AI World is organized
around this singular goal, enabling business leaders to:

Build a competitive advantage

Drive new business models and opportunities

Reduce operational costs

Accelerate innovation efforts

Pre-Conference Events

AI World Executive Summit – Hosted by Is your business ready
for harnessing AI and intelligent technologies? How will AI impact your customers, partners, and employees? These big questions and many more are on the minds of business leaders, CEOs, CMOs, CDOs, and CIOs. Held on the morning of the first day of
the event, the AI World Executive Summit, led by IDC, provides business executives with a strategic look at the state of the practice in enterprise AI across multiple vertical industries.View Details

SEMINAR: AI in Personalized Medicine and Digital HealthAI aims to move medical treatment away from general, one-size-fits-all options to more personalized solutions. Learn more about the incredible amounts of information generated
through precision medicine, and the critical capabilities needed to analyze, store, normalize and trace that data.View Details

Breakout Roundtable DiscussionsJoin AI World speakers and moderators in lively table topic discussions covering a variety of critical AI business and technology topics. An informal, small group format allows participants to meet
potential collaborators, share examples from their own work, vet ideas with peers, and be part of a group problem-solving endeavor.

Insightful Keynote Speakers

Separating hype from reality: Implementing Enterprise AI

Practitioners: Lessons learned and best practices from both solution providers and enterprise AI leaders deliver critical insight based on their experiences planning, deploying, and iterating with machine learning in the workplace.

First-Mover Industries: Perspective from within the trenches on AI technology opportunities for vertical markets from Energy, FinTech, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and more. Identify which industries have the early-mover advantage and what
are the key indicators for AI market preparedness.

Visionaries: Investigate the future of enterprise AI with industry researchers, analysts, and business leaders. Prepare your organization for innovation and new business models.View Details

Thought-Leader Conference Tracks

Implementing Enterprise AIArtificial intelligence applications impact all business functions from HR and finance to R&D and sales. Real enterprise practitioners speak about methodologies and approaches to integrating machine
learning, deep learning and intelligent technologies into their line of business functions. Industry thought leadership is conveyed through use cases and innovative business strategies. Learn what works and what doesn’t.View Details

Going from Big Data to AIWith data in-hand, machine learning aids in everything from cleaning datasets to managing multiple data sources to synthesizing data. With the help of machine learning, data can now be monetized. This
track identifies key business strategies for data monetization and steps to be taken to maximize the impact of AI technology interaction with Big Data.View Details

AI & Real-Time IoT –
Led by and the Analyzing data from thousands or millions of IoT sensors in real-time is beyond the capability of humans. Smart buildings, energy markets, and factories are all examples where AI is required in the deployment and operation of advanced IoT
applications. The addition of intelligence and processing on small devices at the network edge also raises questions about IoT security. Attend sessions based on how AI is becing successfully integrated into real time IoT implementations in various
industries.View Details

Emerging Technologies & the Future of AIThere is no shortage of opinions on the potential for AI technologies in business. However, the current round of solutions is often viewed as expensive, proprietary, and complex to
deploy and manage. When will AI solutions scale enterprise and industry-wide? Is it possible to measure ROI for automation? How does AI rank against other corporate initiatives?

The state of AI technology and its future is spoken here. From the development of neuromorphic chipsets to democratizing deep learning toolsets and from the next wave of machine vision, emotion, gestures, NLG, new algorithms, HPC and quantum computing
will all be shared by the industry’s best and brightest.View Details

Strategic Business Functions and AIEnterprise organizations have a range of core business operations able to utilize AI technologies, however, this one-size-fits-all functionality can be a non-starter for some industries. Whether
due to regulation, government oversight compliance, or unique requirements, these vertical markets may appear to be laggard adopters. Hear how these companies able to innovate using intelligent solutions within seemingly insurmountable restrictions.
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AI in PharmaInvestment and the application of AI in the pharmaceutical industry is rapidly gaining momentum. Based on feedback from CII’s flagship Bio-IT World we bring together CEOs, CIOs, CTOs and Global AI, IT and Informatics
Experts from leading pharmaceutical and technology companies to give strategic and visionary talks based on use cases throughout the drug development pipeline.View Details

AI in HealthcareArtificial intelligence in the healthcare industry is predicted to save $150 billion annually for the US. As such, AI is being rapidly deployed in many areas of the healthcare landscape. This event will primarily
focus on the Providers, attracting CIOs, CTOs, IT and Informatics Experts along with senior Physicians and Clinicians from the leading US hospitals who will share their experiences of using AI in the clinical care and hospital operations environment.View Details

Cognitive ComputingCognitive computing systems redefine the nature of the relationship between people and their increasingly pervasive digital environment. Who will build these new AI-on-board applications? And with the proliferation
of AI technologies in the workplace, foresight must be used to understand its implications for productivity, jobs, skills and employee development, but also issues related to ethics, safety and responsibility.View Details

What You Will Learn

AI WORLD EXECUTIVE SUMMIT

Half-day executive summit, hosted by IDC, provides attendees with a strategy on how to most effectively deploy AI across the enterprise.

Where do you start with AI? What is the business case for infusing AI into your enterprise? How will AI impact your employees, customers and partners?

Hear from leading enterprise executives how they are leveraging AI, machine learning, and intelligent technologies across their company.

AI IN PHARMA

Hear visionary and strategic use cases from those heading up AI in the top pharma companies: Exclusive insight from Pfizer and Roche.

Meet some of the most exciting AI startups who will be discussing the use of AI to disrupt drug discovery: Learn how to reduce time and costs and increase throughput.

Listen to real-life practical implementation of AI in the translational and clinical environments: Merck, Pfizer and BMS share their experience.